Quote from baggerlord:
More and more I am realizing the value of having a mentor in any area that one desires to improve upon, trading included. I have done the hard knocks thing enough to realize it isn't the best way. The trick in this industry is finding a good one. That is made even harder than it needs to be by all the losers that blame their failure on whatever program they tried out.
If you do happen to find a good one (and I personally believe AustinP is among the good) the next trick is to actually learn from their experiences instead of assuming you are special and the pitfalls that get everyone else won't get you, because you are smarter or whatever you think you are. Maybe you think because you were a succesful poker pro trading success is a given. -cough-
Finding someone that has already learned what you want to learn and modeling them can cut years off the learning curve and that is well worth paying for.
Expecting to take a simple method and profit $$$$$$$$$$ without aborbing the other trader skills from the mentor is a recipe for disaster and threads like this are proof. Not there aren't a lot of failed trader/scammers of course. But even the good ones get bashed for these reasons.
